EP4306338A1 - Système d'obstacle au sol, unité de commande électronique et procédé associé permettant de localiser des capteurs de pneu sur un véhicule - Google Patents

Système d'obstacle au sol, unité de commande électronique et procédé associé permettant de localiser des capteurs de pneu sur un véhicule Download PDF

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EP4306338A1
EP4306338A1 EP22185054.8A EP22185054A EP4306338A1 EP 4306338 A1 EP4306338 A1 EP 4306338A1 EP 22185054 A EP22185054 A EP 22185054A EP 4306338 A1 EP4306338 A1 EP 4306338A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0415—Automatically identifying wheel mounted units, e.g. after replacement or exchange of wheels
    • B60C23/0416—Automatically identifying wheel mounted units, e.g. after replacement or exchange of wheels allocating a corresponding wheel position on vehicle, e.g. front/left or rear/right
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0474—Measurement control, e.g. setting measurement rate or calibrating of sensors; Further processing of measured values, e.g. filtering, compensating or slope monitoring
    • B60C23/0477—Evaluating waveform of pressure readings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0408—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
    • B60C23/0479—Communicating with external units being not part of the vehicle, e.g. tools for diagnostic, mobile phones, electronic keys or service stations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C23/00—Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
    • B60C23/02—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure
    • B60C23/04—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre
    • B60C23/0486—Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure mounted on the wheel or tyre comprising additional sensors in the wheel or tyre mounted monitoring device, e.g. movement sensors, microphones or earth magnetic field sensors
    • B60C23/0488—Movement sensor, e.g. for sensing angular speed, acceleration or centripetal force

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  • Embodiments herein relate in general to tire sensors in wheels on a vehicle.
  • embodiments herein relate to a ground obstacle system for locating tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle.
  • the embodiments herein also relate to an electronic control unit, ECU, and a method therein for locating tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle.
  • the embodiments herein also relate to a computer program product for performing the method and a carrier of the same, as well as, a vehicle comprising the ECU.
  • one or more central electronic control units may be implemented on-board the vehicle in order to read and collect sensor readings from various different types of sensors on-board the vehicle.
  • sensor readings may comprise information indicating tire pressures, tire deformation, tire temperatures and identities of tire sensors located in or on the tires of the vehicle.
  • TPMS Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
  • THS Tire Health Systems
  • TPMS/THS systems also normally employ Radio Frequency, RF, transmissions operating on specifically dedicated frequencies for transmitting the sensor data from the sensors to the on-board ECU or external sensor data receivers.
  • each tire may have one or more integrated tire sensors.
  • Each tire sensor has unique identity.
  • the TPMS/THS system needs to be informed about exactly in which wheel position on the vehicle each tire sensor is located. This is order for the ECU to have information about where on the vehicle each specific tire sensor and tire is located.
  • One way to determine a tire's wheel position, or the wheel positions of its tire sensors, on the vehicle is to manually determine the wheel positions and input this into the TPMS/THS system.
  • this manual procedure is performed by selecting a specific wheel position via a display interface in which all wheel positions are shown, and then to hit the tire at the selected wheel position with a mallet or hammer in order to create a small pressure variation inside the tire.
  • the small pressure variation may thus be sensed inside the tire by the tire sensor that sends a signal towards central ECUs of TPMS/THS system.
  • the identity of the tire sensor may be modulated or embedded into the signal.
  • this manual configuration might be prone to errors.
  • US 8,903,602 B2 Another way to determine a wheel position on a vehicle for a tire sensor is described in US patent US 8,903,602 B2 .
  • US 8,903,602 B2 describe an auto-location method that requires readings from other sensors on the vehicle, such as, for example, Automatic Brake System, ABS, sensors. Additionally, it may also require placing transmission extenders on each side of the chassis of the vehicle in order to locate from which side of the vehicle, or tire, the signal was actually sent. Unfortunately, this method requires additional hardware to be installed on the vehicle, such as, TPMS/THS transmission extenders, ABS sensors and/or other vehicle sensors.
  • the object is achieved by a ground obstacle system for locating tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle.
  • the ground obstacle system is adapted to cause tire deformation in tires of the wheels on a vehicle as the wheels of the vehicle traverses the ground obstacle system.
  • the ground obstacles of the ground obstacle system are arranged in a determined geometric pattern that causes a determined set of sequential tire deformations in the tires of the wheels of the vehicle triggering sequential tire sensor readings by tire sensors in each tire or wheel of the vehicle.
  • each tire sensor of the vehicle will be activated in a certain order as the vehicle traverses the ground obstacle system and thus sequentially transmit their respective signals. Since this order may be predetermined or recognized, the sequential reception of these signals from the tire sensors may then be used to determine at which wheel position on the chassis of the vehicle each tire sensor is located. This also means that the time consuming use of manual diagnostic tools in workshops, which are also prone to human errors, may be eliminated. Hence, the locating of tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle is improved.
  • the minimum distances between individual ground obstacles of the ground obstacle system may be adapted to the circumference of the wheel of the vehicle for which it is intended to be used. This means that the individual obstacles and the geometric pattern may be customized for a particular type of vehicle in order to ensure a correct triggering of the tire sensor signals for that particular type of vehicle.
  • the minimum distances may be about one fourth of the circumference of the wheels of the vehicle, or larger. This provides a common suitable range of distances in the vicinity of 1 ⁇ 4 of the circumference of the wheel of the vehicle for which it may be adapted. This ensures that only the tire sensors of one wheel at the time will be activated as the vehicle traverses or passes over the geometric pattern of the ground obstacles system.
  • the one or more of the individual ground obstacles of the ground obstacle system may be movably arranged in order to adapt the distance between one or more individual ground obstacles of the ground obstacle system.
  • This means that the individual obstacles and the geometric pattern may be customized for different types of vehicle from one time to another. This allows, for example, a workshop or maintenance station, to serve several different types of vehicles.
  • the ground obstacle system may be integrated into a ground surface arranged to be traversed by the wheels of the vehicle.
  • the ground obstacle system may be comprised in a movable ground surface cover configured to be traversed by the vehicle.
  • the ground obstacle system may, in some embodiments, be arranged in cylindrical rollers arranged to support the tires as the wheels traverses the surface of the cylindrical rollers. This means that the ground obstacle system may be implemented in several different type of ways in order to best suit the needs of its user.
  • individual ground obstacles of the ground obstacle system may be portable stand-alone units in the shape of triangular cones, truncated cones or half spheres to be place in front of the vehicle in accordance with the determined geometric pattern.
  • the ground obstacle system may be a portable system of individual ground obstacles that may be carried on-board the vehicle, and thus be flexibly used independently of the current location of the vehicle.
  • the ground obstacle system may also comprise vehicle specific instructions indicating a suitable geometric pattern for the specific vehicle. These may, for example, be provided in digital form in an onboard user system, user equipment, mobile phone, etc., or by written instructions.
  • the tire sensors on the vehicle are tire pressure and/or tire deformation sensors, such as, e.g. Tire Pressure Monitor System/Tire Health System, TPMS/THS, sensors. This means that both air and airless tires may be used by the vehicle.
  • tire pressure and/or tire deformation sensors such as, e.g. Tire Pressure Monitor System/Tire Health System, TPMS/THS, sensors. This means that both air and airless tires may be used by the vehicle.
  • the object is achieved by an electronic control unit, ECU, for locating tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle.
  • the ECU is configured to receive tire sensor readings from the tire sensors, the ECU being configured to obtain a tire sensor reading from each of the tire sensors in a determined sequential order, and determine the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on the sequential order in which the tire sensor readings was obtained.
  • the ECU may be further configured to identify that tire sensor readings from each of the tire sensors has been received in a sequential order that correspond to a determined order comprised in the ECU.
  • the ECU may also be configured to trigger the determination of the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on the identification. This means that the certain sequence of received signals from the tire sensors may, in itself, be a trigger for the ECU to start the determination of the location of the tire sensors of wheels on the vehicle.
  • the vehicle's onboard ECU may be programmed for a certain geometric pattern, whereby it will be able to interpret the tire sensor readings that is received in the signal sequence defined by the certain geometric pattern.
  • the ECU may be further configured to trigger the determination of the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on an obtained input signal.
  • a trigger signal for the ECU to start the determination of the location of the tire sensors of wheels on the vehicle may be received by the ECU.
  • a driver or service personnel may provide a trigger signal manually directly from on-board the vehicle or remotely from outside of the vehicle.
  • the ECU may be a part of an on-board tire pressure and/or tire deformation monitoring system, such as, a Tire Pressure Monitor System or Tire Health System, TPMS/THS.
  • the object is achieved by a method for performed by an electronic control unit, ECU, for locating tire sensors of wheels on a vehicle.
  • the method comprises obtaining a tire sensor reading from each of the tire sensors in a determined sequential order.
  • the method further comprises determining the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on the sequential order in which the tire readings was obtained.
  • the method further comprise identifying that tire sensor readings from each of the tire sensors has been received in a sequential order that correspond to a determined order comprised in the ECU.
  • the method may further comprise triggering the determination of the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on the identification.
  • the method may also comprise triggering the determination of the wheel position on the vehicle associated with each of the tire sensors based on an obtained input signal.
  • the object is achieved by a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed in a processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to carry out the method described above.
  • the object is achieved by a carrier containing the computer program described above, wherein the carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal, or computer-readable storage medium.
  • the object is achieved by a vehicle comprising an ECU as described above.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a first top-side view of a vehicle 100 and wheel positions A-F thereon.
  • the vehicle 100 is exemplified as a heavy-duty vehicle combination for cargo transport.
  • the vehicle 100 in Fig. 1 comprises a truck or towing vehicle 101 configured to tow a trailer unit 102 in a known manner, e.g., by a fifth wheel connection.
  • a heavy-duty vehicle is taken to be a vehicle designed for the handling and transport of heavier objects or large quantities of cargo.
  • a heavy-duty vehicle could be a semi-trailer vehicle, or a truck as described above.
  • a heavy-duty vehicle could be a vehicle designed for use in construction, mining operations, and the like.
  • the techniques and devices disclosed herein can be applied together with a wide variety of electrically powered vehicle units, not just those exemplified in Fig. 1 .
  • the techniques disclosed herein are also applicable to, e.g., rigid trucks and also multi-trailer electric heavy-duty vehicles comprising one or more dolly vehicle units.
  • heavy-duty vehicles such as., e.g. semi-trailer vehicles or trucks for cargo transport
  • the embodiments herein should not be considered restricted to this particular type of vehicle but may also be used in other types of vehicles, such as, e.g. a conventional passenger vehicles with four wheels.
  • each wheel positions B-E may comprise a set of twin wheels as illustrated in Fig. 1 .
  • the outermost wheel position of the set of twin wheels is referred to as B, C, D, and E, respectively, while the innermost wheel position of the set of twin wheels is referred to as B', C', D', and E'.
  • the notation of the wheel positions is merely made for sake of illustrative purposes to provide a clear and concise references to different wheel positions; in other words, this notation should not be construed as limiting to the embodiments herein.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a second top-side view of the vehicle 100 having tires 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 comprising tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 at each wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 as described above in Fig. 2 .
  • the vehicle 100 also comprise an electronic control unit, ECU 301.
  • the tire 110 at the wheel position A of the truck or towing vehicle 101 of the vehicle 100 comprise at least one tire sensor 111, while the tire 160 at the wheel position F of the truck or towing vehicle 101 of the vehicle 100 comprise at least one tire sensor 161.
  • each tire 120a, 120b at the front left wheel position B, B' of the trailer unit 102 of the vehicle 100 comprise each at least one tire sensor 121a, 121b, respectively.
  • each tire 130a, 130b at the rear left wheel positions C, C' of the trailer unit 102 of the vehicle 100 comprise each at least one tire sensor 131a, 131b, respectively.
  • each tire 140a, 140b at the rear right wheel positions D, D' of the trailer unit 102 of the vehicle 100 comprise each at least one tire sensor 141a, 141b.
  • each tire 150a, 150b at the front right wheel positions E, E' of the trailer unit 102 of the vehicle 100 comprise each at least one tire sensor 151a, 151b.
  • the ECU 301 and each of the one or more tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 on the vehicle 100 may be part of an on-board Tire Pressure Monitor System/Tire Health System, TPMS/THS.
  • the one or more tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 on the vehicle 100 may be TPMS/THS sensors
  • the ECU 301 may be a TPMS/THS sensor reader.
  • the one or more tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 on the vehicle 100 may also be referred to as TPMS/THS transponders.
  • the one or more tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 on the vehicle 100 may be tire pressure and/or tire deformation sensors.
  • TPMS/THS system on-board a vehicle 100 conventionally requires active driving on roads and reaching specific speeds, before all necessary tire sensor readings are obtained. This is due to the fact that TPMS/THS system also relies on speed sensor readings from, e.g. an on-board Automatic Brake System, ABS, system. This information is then combined with internal wheel speeds and rotation directions from accelerometer readings that may be integrated in tire sensors.
  • ABS Automatic Brake System
  • this confirmation will only be available after driving the vehicle 100 a certain period of time.
  • this information may instead be obtained from a ground obstacle system and an ECU as described below.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of a ground obstacle system 200 and an exemplary use of thereof.
  • the ground obstacle system 200 comprises a number of individual ground obstacles 201 arranged in a geometric pattern. According to the geometric pattern, the individual obstacles 201 may be arranged in different wheel zones L1, L2, R1, R2 which corresponds to the inner and outer wheels of a drive axle of a vehicle 100.
  • the individual obstacles 201 may, for example, be adjustably arranged in the ground obstacle system 200 such that their location perpendicular to the travel direction of the vehicle 100 may be adapted to different vehicles and/or drive axle widths. The adjustment may be performed such that inner and outer wheels of a drive axle of a vehicle will not traverse the same individual ground obstacle 201. For example, the distance A between the individual obstacle 201 in zone R1 and the individual obstacle 201 in zone R2 in Fig. 3 may be adjusted.
  • the individual obstacles 201 may be arranged such that the distance B between each of the individual ground obstacles 201 in the travel direction of the vehicle 100 may be adapted to the circumference of the wheels of the vehicle 100.
  • the distance B may in some case suitably be about a fourth (1 ⁇ 4) of the circumference of the wheels of the vehicle 100, or larger.
  • an average diameter of a wheel is 1 meter (m), which gives the wheel a circumference of 3.14 m. Therefore, for a CV, distance B between two individual obstacles 201 in the travelling directions of the vehicle 100 may suitably be 0.785 m or larger, i.e. the minimum distance or distance B > 0.785 m.
  • the vehicle 100 is a so-called 6x4 truck having a front steering axle with 2 wheels and two rear drive axles each with an inner and outer wheel on each side.
  • the following signal sequence, or tire sensor readings will be triggered for the tire sensors in the wheels of the vehicle 100 by the geometric pattern of the individual obstacles 201 of the ground obstacle system 200:
  • the speed with which the vehicle 100 traverses the ground obstacle system 200 should preferable be adapted in order to get enough time for the one or more tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 to obtain and transmit its sensor readings.
  • the speed of the vehicle 100 should preferably not be faster than 0.8 m/s; assumed that the minimum distance between tire sensor readings is a fourth of the distance of the circumference of the wheel of the vehicle 100.
  • the ground obstacle system 200 may, for example, be located in the entry and/or exit of a workshop or maintenance station. If located at both the entry and exit, then the same sequence will be repeated on entry and on exit. However, if the workshop has a single entry and exit, whereby the vehicle reverses out of the workshop upon exit, the sequence will still be the same but mirrored backwards.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates the ground obstacle system 200 arranged on or in cylindrical rollers 410, 420 arranged to support the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100 according to some embodiments.
  • the ground obstacle system 200 may be built into any form of rotating means, such as, e.g. the cylindrical rollers 410, 420, adapted to carry the vehicle 100 while rotating the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100.
  • the individual ground obstacles 201 of the ground obstacle system 200 may be arranged onto the rotating means in order to generate the determined geometric pattern beneath wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100 while rolling.
  • the individual ground obstacles 201 of the ground obstacle system 200 may be arranged to alternately protrude from the rotating means or be retained within the rotating means in order to form the determined geometric pattern beneath wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100 while rolling.
  • the rotating means could conventionally be used to run speed test inside a test chamber or during balancing a wheel at an automotive workshop, e.g. a dynamometer station.
  • each individual ground obstacle 201 may be portable stand-alone units in the shape of triangular cones 201a, truncated cones 201b or half spheres 201c to be placed in front of the vehicle 100 in accordance with the determined geometric pattern.
  • the ground obstacle system 200 is integrated into a ground surface arranged to be traversed by the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100 or comprised in a movable ground surface cover configured to be traversed by the vehicle 100
  • each of the individual ground obstacles 201 may be any of the shapes named above or have other suitable configurations.
  • the size of each individual ground obstacle 201 should however preferable be large enough to cause a tire pressure or tire deformation change that is large enough to be detected by the tire sensors in the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 of the vehicle 100.
  • Fig. 6 is an illustrated example of actions or operations which may be taken by the ECU 301.
  • the method may comprise the following actions.
  • the ECU 301 obtains a tire sensor reading from each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 in a determined sequential order. This means, for example, that each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 has been activated by the ground obstacle system 200 as it is traversed by the vehicle 100, and thus transmitted their sensor readings to the ECU 301 in a certain order determined by the geometric pattern of the ground obstacle system 200.
  • Action 602. after obtaining the tire sensor readings from each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 in a determined sequential order according to Action 601, the ECU 301 may identify that the tire sensor readings from each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 has been received in a sequential order that correspond to a determined order comprised in the ECU 301. This means, for example, that the ECU 301 may recognize the order of the received sequence of tire sensor readings by comparing it with a stored order of tire sensor readings.
  • the ECU 301 may trigger the determination of the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on the identification. This means, for example, that the ECU 301 may automatically start to locate the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 of wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 on the vehicle 100 upon recognizing and identifying the determined sequential order in Action 602.
  • the ECU 301 may trigger the determination of the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on an obtained input signal.
  • the ECU 301 may receive an explicit trigger signal to start the determination of the location of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 of the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 on the vehicle 100.
  • a driver or service personnel may provide a trigger signal manually directly from a system on-board the vehicle 100 or remotely from outside of the vehicle 100.
  • Action 605. After obtaining the tire sensor readings in a determined sequential order in Action 601, the ECU 301 determines the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on the sequential order in which the tire readings was obtained.
  • each tire sensor 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 since the order of the transmissions from each tire sensor 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 is determined by the geometric pattern of the ground obstacle system 200, the sequential order in which these signals are received by the ECU 301 from the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 may be used to determine at which wheel location A-F on the chassis of the vehicle 100 each tire sensor 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 is located.
  • Fig. 7 shows an example of an electronic control unit, ECU 301, for locating tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 of wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 on a vehicle 100, wherein the ECU 301 is configured to receive tire sensor readings from the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161.
  • the ECU 301 may be a part of an on-board tire pressure and/or tire deformation monitoring system, such as, e.g. a TPMS/THS system.
  • the ECU 301 may comprise a processing circuitry 710 and a memory 720 . It should also be noted that some or all of the functionality described in the embodiments herein as being performed by the ECU 301 may be provided by the processing circuitry 710 executing instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, such as, the memory 720 shown in Fig. 7 . Furthermore, the processing circuitry 710 may further comprise additional components, such as, for example, an obtaining module 711 , an identifying module 712 , a triggering module 713 , and a determining module 714 , each responsible for providing its functionality to support the embodiments described herein.
  • the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 610 is configured to, or may comprise the obtaining module 711 configured to, receive RF signals from the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 of the wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160.
  • the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 710 is configured to, or may comprise the obtaining module 711 configured to, obtain a tire sensor reading from each of the tire sensors 111,121, 131, 141, 151, 161 in a determined sequential order. Also, the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 710 is configured to, or may comprise the determining module 714 configured to, determine the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on the determined sequential order in which the tire sensor readings was obtained.
  • the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 710 may be configured to, or may comprise the identifying module 712 configured to, identify that tire sensor readings from each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 has been received in a sequential order that correspond to a determined order comprised in the ECU 301, e.g. in the memory 720.
  • the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 710 may be configured to, or may comprise the triggering module 713 configured to, trigger the determination of the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on the identification.
  • the ECU 301 or processing circuitry 710 may be configured to, or may comprise the triggering module 713 configured to, trigger the determination of the wheel position A-F on the vehicle 100 associated with each of the tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 based on an obtained input signal.
  • the embodiments for locating tire sensors 111, 121, 131, 141, 151, 161 of wheels 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160 on a vehicle 100 described above may be at least partly implemented through one or more processors, such as, the processing circuitry 710 in the ECU 301 depicted in Fig. 7 , together with computer program code for performing at least parts of the functions and actions of the embodiments herein.
  • the program code mentioned above may also be provided as a computer program product, for instance in the form of a data carrier carrying computer program code or code means for performing the embodiments herein when being loaded into the processing circuitry 710 in the ECU 301.
  • the data carrier, or computer readable medium may be one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal or computer-readable storage medium.
  • the computer program code may e.g. be provided as pure program code in the ECU 301 or on a server and downloaded to the ECU 301.
  • the operations of the ECU 301 may in some embodiments be implemented as computer programs stored in the memory 720 in Fig. 7 , e.g. the computer readable storage unit/module, for execution by processors or processing modules, e.g. the processing circuitry 710 in Fig. 7 .
  • processing circuitry 710 and the memory 720 described above may refer to a combination of analog and digital circuits, and/or one or more processors configured with software and/or firmware, e.g. stored in a computer readable storage unit/module, that when executed by the one or more processors such as the processing circuitry 710 perform as described above.
  • processors as well as the other digital hardware, may be included in a single application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or several processors and various digital hardware may be distributed among several separate components, whether individually packaged or assembled into a system-on-a-chip (SoC).
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • SoC system-on-a-chip
  • Fig. 8 illustrates a number of examples of vehicle tire configurations A-K on which a ground obstacle system 200 for locating tire sensors in a wheel of a vehicle may be based. These are provided here only as illustrative examples and should not be construed as limiting to the number of vehicle tire configurations on which the ground obstacle system 200 may be based.
  • a computer-readable medium may include removable and non-removable storage devices including, but not limited to, Read Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVD), etc.
  • program modules may include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types.
  • Computer-executable instructions, associated data structures, and program modules represent examples of program code for executing steps of the methods disclosed herein.

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EP22185054.8A 2022-07-14 2022-07-14 Système d'obstacle au sol, unité de commande électronique et procédé associé permettant de localiser des capteurs de pneu sur un véhicule Pending EP4306338A1 (fr)

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